Indigenous Stories and Histories of the Kenetekw - A Riverboat Cruise

David Brule, local historian and Chairman of the Nehantic Tribal Council, will join Rich Holschuh, Elnu Abenaki spokesman, in a session of story-telling focused on Indigenous perspectives of the Connecticut River while we cruise on the Heritage Riverboat.

They will share traditional oral histories as well as reviewing some of the recent findings of research on local events of the King Philips War (1676).

Rich Holschuh is a resident of Wantastegok (Brattleboro, VT) and is immersed in the stories layered within this landscape. He has served 7 years with the Vermont Commission on Native American Affairs and acts as a public liaison and cultural relations representative among contemporary communities. Rich is the founder and director of the Atowi Project. His work seeks to be grounded in history, linguistics, geography, and culture to share beneficial ways of seeing and being in relationship with place: ibitta wlidaha – only with a good heart.

Registration required at www.bookeo.com/northfield